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Duterte stays detained in The Hague, Netherlands, because the ICC continues to overview his case, with key rulings anticipated to be issued by the tip of April 2026
Declare: A information report states that the Worldwide Legal Court docket (ICC) has ordered the discharge of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Ranking: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The declare was posted in a Fb group of Duterte supporters with 33,000 members and, as of writing, has garnered 155 likes, 33 feedback, and 9 shares.
The put up includes a purported CNN information graphic displaying images of Duterte and Senator Robinhood Padilla. Overlaid textual content on the picture reads: “Breaking Information. ICC decides to launch Rodrigo Duterte. The choice follows a signature marketing campaign submitted by Robin Padilla within the Supreme Court docket.”
The caption within the put up states: “Please launch him now!! Masyado nang malaki ang sugat ng Pilipinas kailangan na namin ulit ng isang Duterte.”
(The Philippines’ wounds are too deep; we’d like one other Duterte.)
The info: The ICC has not ordered Duterte’s launch. There are not any official information, courtroom paperwork, or credible information studies confirming any such motion.
Duterte stays detained at Scheveningen Jail in The Hague, Netherlands, following his March 11, 2025, arrest on crimes towards humanity expenses associated to his administration’s bloody struggle on medicine. The declare of his launch is predicated solely on a pretend information graphic.
The put up additionally misleads by linking Duterte’s supposed launch to a signature marketing campaign backed by Padilla, urging the Supreme Court docket to behave on petitions relating to Duterte’s arrest. The previous president’s supporters stated round 238,000 signatures have been submitted for the marketing campaign as of March 2026.
These efforts, nevertheless, are addressed to the Philippine judiciary and don’t have an effect on the ICC, which operates independently.
ICC detention: The ICC is predicted to problem key rulings by the tip of April 2026. The pre-trial chamber will resolve whether or not Duterte’s case proceeds to trial, assessing whether or not there are substantial grounds linking him to killings from his bloody drug struggle. (READ: Will there be a Duterte trial? ICC determination due by finish of April)
The ICC appeals chamber may even rule on Duterte’s problem to the courtroom’s jurisdiction, along with his staff arguing that the ICC not has authority after the Philippines withdrew from the courtroom in 2019. Nonetheless, the pre-trial chamber had already dominated in 2025 that jurisdiction stays legitimate for the reason that alleged crimes occurred whereas the nation was nonetheless a member of the courtroom. The April 22 determination will decide whether or not that ruling stands.
Duterte has been detained in The Hague since March 2025, and if the costs are confirmed, a full trial may start by late 2026.
Public help: A March 2026 WR Numero survey discovered that almost all Filipinos help Duterte going through trial on the ICC, with almost six in ten saying he ought to personally reply the costs. Greater than half additionally consider that his alleged co-perpetrators needs to be arrested.
Regardless of this, public belief within the ICC stays divided. Roughly equal parts of respondents stated they belief the tribunal, mistrust it, or stay unsure about its equity. The survey additionally confirmed that extra Filipinos oppose the thought of the Philippines rejoining the ICC. – Marjuice Destinado/Rappler.com
Marjuice Destinado is a senior political science scholar at Cebu Regular College (CNU) and an alumna of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship of Rappler for 2025.
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